PigeonBot Uses Real Pigeon Feathers to Fly

Here's an interesting video showing a radio controlled airplane built with pigeon feathers that mimics how birds fly.

Research into Birds Leads to PigeonBot

Here's an interesting video showing a radio controlled airplane built with pigeon feathers that mimics how birds fly. The feathers are controlled in a realistic way, tucking and sliding over one another providing stability and directional control.

The feathers are connected to wrist and finger joints that can be controlled separately. The design was made by Stanford University researchers with the aim to better understand how birds maintain control with the movement of theirs wings. Check out the video below.

The Festo bird is an attempt to see if an autonomous bird can be programmed to fly.

The chicken-drop was done for the sadistic humor.

The Stanford University got a grant so a professor and some students could see if they can replicate the beauty that God has created in nature. Grants to universities are always more fun because it's someone else's money.